Form

Kotchasan\Form is for creating HTML form elements with a fluent interface.

Creation

use Kotchasan\Form;

// Create text input
$input = Form::text(['id' => 'name', 'value' => 'John']);
echo $input->render();

// Create select
$select = Form::select([
    'id' => 'status',
    'options' => [1 => 'Active', 0 => 'Inactive'],
    'value' => 1
]);
echo $select->render();

Method Reference

Input Element Methods

text(array $attributes): static

Create Input text

password(array $attributes): static

Create Input password

email(array $attributes): static

Create Input email

url(array $attributes): static

Create Input url

tel(array $attributes): static

Create Input tel (Telephone number)

number(array $attributes): static

Create Input number

integer(array $attributes): static

Create Input integer (Supports negative values)

currency(array $attributes): static

Create Input currency (Decimal numbers)

range(array $attributes): static

Create Input range

color(array $attributes): static

Create Input color

date(array $attributes): static

Create Input date

time(array $attributes): static

Create Input time

datetime(array $attributes): static

Create Input datetime

file(array $attributes): static

Create Input file

hidden(array $attributes): static

Create Input hidden

checkbox(array $attributes): static

Create Checkbox

radio(array $attributes): static

Create Radio button

select(array $attributes): static

Create Select dropdown

textarea(array $attributes): static

Create Textarea

Button Methods

button(array $attributes): static

Create generic Button

submit(array $attributes): static

Create Submit button

reset(array $attributes): static

Create Reset button

Utility Methods

render(): string

Convert Object to HTML string

get2Input(): array

Convert Query String and Parsed Body back to Hidden Inputs (For maintaining form state)

Complete Form Example

use Kotchasan\Form;
use Kotchasan\Html;

echo '<form method="post" action="save.php">';

echo Form::text([
    'id' => 'name',
    'label' => 'Name',
    'required' => true
])->render();

echo Form::email([
    'id' => 'email',
    'label' => 'Email',
    'required' => true
])->render();

echo Form::password([
    'id' => 'password',
    'label' => 'Password',
    'required' => true
])->render();

echo Form::select([
    'id' => 'role',
    'label' => 'Role',
    'options' => [
        'user' => 'User',
        'admin' => 'Administrator'
    ]
])->render();

echo Form::checkbox([
    'id' => 'active',
    'label' => 'Active',
    'value' => 1,
    'checked' => true
])->render();

echo Form::button([
    'id' => 'submit',
    'class' => 'button green',
    'value' => 'Save'
])->render();

echo '</form>';

Related Classes

• Html - HTML generation
• Input - Input handling
• Validator - Validation